Roll-around bed



Sept. 23, 1930.

C. LOFMAN ROLL-AROUND BED Filed April l2. 1927 y CHARLES LOFMAN, or Los Patented Sept. 1930 ANGELES, lcaninomini, Assieivon coaroRATroN or CALIFORNIA V'ZII'O ROBERTI BROS., .A

, ROLL-AROUND BED f Application filed April 12,

I y lt willi'be Aunderstood from the above title that my invention relates to a'bedorganizay use,-substantially` horizontal.

lo Y Y n to a truck serving as a base, 1t is a primary object ofthis inventiony to provide improved tion comprising abcd lframe or spring-carrying tramey which-is intended to stand ina closetA or recess, when not in use, and to be kmoved out, upon wheels included in said organization, t any desired position, before the bed frame -is loweredfto a position of The mentioned bed viframe being pivoted e meansfor autoniaticallyfenlarging said base,

n I prefer to accomplish byimeans `comprising or for bracing the truck frame to which the spring-carrying frame is pivoted; and thisI 1 an arm or a pair of arms on said'trucl. yThe mentioned arm or arms may be pivotally 'movable, in a horizont'alplane, by means such' as a cam or cams on; the mentioned bed frame,

to obviate dangerof an accidental tipping of e the bed by a hasty orl careless attempt to of thecarriage or truck of my recess bed,"

drawings to indicate mattress-supporting vtionwith the drawings, infwhieh lower said-bed frame into the horizontal position of use. l Y l Other objects of my vinvention will be brought out in the following description of one particular emb'odimentvthereot, and in the accompanying claims, takenin connec-y ,Figl may beregarded as atop plan'view posts comprising the bed frame being broken away, and an outerposition of one of a pair yotbraee arms being shown'by dotanddash lines,-no attempt having been made in these springs or a-- mattress.

'F ig. 2 is a perspective view of the left hand portion'of parts shown in F ig. 1--parts'oii' the v portingtruck, Y arrow 3in Fig. 1.

trame-'supporting truck being broken away. Fig. Sis a side elevation of the frame-suptaken from the direction of the Y Referring to the `,details vofthe illustrated embodiment of my invention, 11 may be a Y rigid truck, supported by castors 12 at each of the four corners tliereotfk-said truck comprising a substantially horizontal frame con-` sisting of two equally long horizontal elements 13, 13 connected by shorter horizontal 1927. Serial N0. 183,051.

end elements 14, llt,'and by two intermediate f stress members 15, 15. Said truck organization alsocomprises an inverted/Usliaped or* over-arching member intended tofhave the" appearance of and to be equivalent to an ordinary head-board (including any desired intermediate members, not shown) The described truck may also comprise suitably shaped inclined or other pivot posts 16, 16 secured to the `frame elements 13, 13,-V and vertical or other reinforcing elements 17 f may extend between said pivot posts 16, 16

and the end :trame elements y14,' 14.

As shown in the drawings, one or both of' ythe Vhorizontally movable base-enlarging brace arms; 18 and 18 may be pivoted (as, at*4 `19) to'th'einterniediate stress members 15,

15, insucli a way as'to provide levers. The

outer ends of these levers Vmay carry rollers; and the inner and shorter ends may beso formed as to adapt them to be moved in a horizontal plane by any suitable means.` I

may secure thereon or shape the same to con# stitute cams CA, GA, engageable vby suitable caniingers-#such iingersQl, 21 mounted on 'a spring-carrying -frame F, assumed to be pivotally hung, in a known manner (as, by pins 22)' on the posts 16, 16.

The camngers 21, Q1 are so shaped as to forcethe arms 18, 13 from a position of disuse (shown in the drawings in full lines) to an outer position,in which they are intend-h` 1 ed to obviate risk ot tipping the entireforganization during alowering of the bed spring frame from ythe vertical to the horizontal position; and it will be understood that the cam fingers 20, 20 engage the opposite (or rearward) sides ot the cam levers CA, GA', topret-urn them to theirlretracted positions when the bed'i-ame, pivoting onl pins 22, is manually returned to its vertical position of disus/e,in preparation to being replaced in a closet or recess. e

The' lever or levers 18, 18 are intended to be resiliently held in either or bothy of their 9 vmentioned (eiqiandedv and/or contracted) positions'by resilient means such as springs 23,' QBQ-one end of each of said springs being shown asattached to a postor a fixed hook or like element 24, 24, projecting 2o f Y shifting movement thereof.l Y

velevation of said floor-engaging member, a

i f plurality of said arms and associatedparts being symmetricallyL disposed.`

Y v In a roli-around bed organization comf prising a truck to which a bed frame is pivoted: a base-enlarging arm pivotally mounted on said truck 'aiidvprovided with a. floorengaging member; means comprising oppositely disposed cam lingers mounted on said bed frame and adapted fto engage said arm for, rendering a tilting of said ybed `frame eii'ective to shift said arm in aliorizontalV plane between an inner position and an Y outer position; and separate meansv mounted upon ysaid arm and engageable with ai truck -member, ,renderingsoperatioiif of saidV lastmentioned means incidentally elective to vary tlie elevation oi" said floor-engaging member,said arm being provided with a snap-action spring tending `to completea 4. In a roll-aroundbed organization comprising a truck to which a bed'frame is pivoted :v ibase-enlarging arm pivotally mounted on said truck and provided `witli a floorengaging member; means associated 'with saidbe'dfijame and adapted to 'engage said arm for rendering a tilting of said bed frame `effective toshift said arm in al horizontal plane between an inner position and an louter position; and means rendering operation of said last-mentioned means incidentally efectiverto lift said liloor-engagiiig member at the completion Yof an inward movement of said arm, said last mentioned means comprisinga centrally-disposed cam bracket.

5. Iny aroll-around ybed organization comprising a truck to which a bed frame is pivo v Y oted: a base-enlarging arm pivotally mounted-'on'said truck and provided with a floorengaging member; means comprising oppositely disposed cam fingers mounted on said bed frame and adapted to engage said arm 4for rendering a tilting of said bed frameeffective to shift said arm in a horizontal `plane between` an inner position and an outer position; and separate means mounted upon said arm and eiigageable with a truck mem ber7 rendering operation of said last-meiiA tioned means incidentally'eliective to depress l said floor-engaging member at the completion of an outward movement of said arm.

6. In a roll-around bed organiza-tion comprising a truck to which a bed fra-me is pivotedv: a base-enlarging arm pivotally mounted on said truck and provided with al floorengaging member; means associated with said bed frame and adapted to engage said arniforrendering a tilting of said bed' frame effective to shift said arm in a horizontal plane betweenan inner position and an outer position; and means rendering operation of said last-mentioned means incidentally eiect-ive 'Y to depress said Hoor-*engaging member at the completion of an outward movement of said arm and by engagement of meanson said arm with ak stress member of said truck.

" 7 In a roll-around bed organizationcomprising a truck to which a bed frame is pivoted: a base-enlarging arm pivotally mounted on said truck and provided with a floormyfhand at Los Angeles, California,` this 5 day of April, 19:27.V

' CHARLES LOFMAN. 

